Upcoming Sermons for Fall and Winter 2007

 

Sermon

7/29/07

 

Sermon Series:

BYA: Because You Asked

Sermon Title:

What Do I Do About A Christian Who is Slipping?

Text:

1 Cor 5: 1-13 / Matt 18:15-20

Main Point

We need to hold each other accountable without being judgmental

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Accountability and Church Discipline

Psalm

Psalm 67 (MSG)

Act of Praise

Apostle’s Creed   #881

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

5th Sunday Service

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

Sermon

8/5/07

 

Sermon Series:

BYA: Because You Asked

Sermon Title:

Did God Say Marry a Prostitute?

Text:

Hosea

Main Point

God told Hosea to marry an unfaithful wife and yet love her anyway.  The unfaithful wife symbolizes how Israel cheated on God, yet God still loved them.

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Love/ Forgiveness

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

Communion

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

 

Sermon

8/12/12

 

Sermon Series:

BYA: Because You Asked

Sermon Title:

Do I Really Have to Go to Church?

Text:

Hebrews 10:25

Main Point

We need the church.  The church is the place that God has given to us to be His body.  There is no such thing as a lone wolf Christian.

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Church / Family of God

Psalm

Psalm 65

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

Sermon

8/19/07

 

Sermon Series:

BYA: Because You Asked

Sermon Title:

Did Judas Have a Choice?

Text:

Luke 22:1-6/ 47-53

Main Point

Was Judas predestined to betray Christ?  If so, how can he be held accountable, if not…what if he had chosen not to betray Christ?

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Election/Free-Will

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

Sermon

8/26/07

 

Sermon Series:

BYA: Because You Asked

Sermon Title:

I believe, but I still doubt sometimes.  What do I do?

Text:

Luke 7:18-23

Main Point

Doubt is an emotion, unbelief is a choice.  God wants us to have faith but is patient with us in our doubts. 

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Faith/ Doubt

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

Starting From Here and on Down, these Sermons follow the Lectionary.

 

Sermon

9/2/07

 

Sermon Series:

Learning to Live Like Jesus

Sermon Title:

Learning to Be Humble

Text:

Luke 14:1; 7-14

Main Point

If we exalt ourselves, we will be humbled.  But if we humble ourselves, we will be exalted.

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Humility

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

9/9/07

 

Sermon Series:

Learning to Live Like Jesus

Sermon Title:

Learning to Prioritize

Text:

Luke 14:25-33

Main Point

We must Put Jesus first in our lives. 

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Commitment

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

9/16/07

 

Sermon Series:

Learning to Live Like Jesus

Sermon Title:

Learning to Love like Jesus

Text:

Luke 15:1-10

Main Point

Lost people matter to God.  He loves them, and seeks after them.  We need to have the same passion. 

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Evangelism

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

 

Sermon

9/23/07

 

Sermon Series:

Learning to Live Like Jesus

Sermon Title:

Learning to Apply Wisdom in Our Lives

Text:

Luke 16:1-13

Main Point

We must be wise and take advantage of the opportunities to reach others for Christ

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Wisdom/Evangelism

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

9/30/07

 

Sermon Series:

Learning to Live Like Jesus

Sermon Title:

Learning Where We Are Going

Text:

Luke 16:19-31

Main Point

When we die, we go to either one of two places.  We need to Know where we are going.

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Heaven and Hell

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

10/7/07

 

Sermon Series:

Passing the Baton to A New Generation

Sermon Title:

Encourage Faithfulness

Text:

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Main Point

We must encourage our young people to stay faithful and remind them of the roots of their faith. 

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Faithfulness

Psalm

Psalm 145

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

10/14/07

 

Sermon Series:

Passing the Baton to A New Generation

Sermon Title:

Preach the Gospel

Text:

2 Timothy 2:8-15

Main Point

The new Generation will be tempted to wander from the truth.  We must encourage them to stick with the Gospel.

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Gospel  

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

Sermon

10/21/07

 

Sermon Series:

Passing the Baton to A New Generation

Sermon Title:

Know God’s Word

Text:

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

Main Point

The Bible is our standard and we must know it and apply it. 

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Bible

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

10/28/07

 

Sermon Series:

Passing the Baton to A New Generation

Sermon Title:

Our Race is Over, But Yours is Just Beginning

Text:

2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-28

Main Point

Various Older Members will share messages for the younger people in the Church

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Remembering our Saints in the Church

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

I will be on Emmaus Walk.  Want special service where older members speak to younger members on where the church has been and how the young are not simply the future, but they are the here and now.

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

 

Sermon

11/4/07

 

Sermon Series:

When God Shakes the Heavens

Sermon Title:

Waiting for God to Reply

Text:

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

Main Point

We wonder where God is in this world of evil. Just wait.   

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Judgment

Psalm

Psalm 142

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

11/11/07

 

Sermon Series:

When God Shakes the Heavens

Sermon Title:

Restoring the Former Glory

Text:

Haggai 1:15-2:9

Main Point

Things aren’t like they used to be; but God can restore. 

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Restoration

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

Sermon

11/4/07

 

Sermon Series:

When God Shakes the Heavens

Sermon Title:

Waiting for God to Reply

Text:

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

Main Point

We wonder where God is in this world of evil. Just wait.   

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Judgment

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

Sermon

11/11/07

 

Sermon Series:

When God Shakes the Heavens

Sermon Title:

Restoring the Former Glory

Text:

Haggai 1:15-2:9

Main Point

Things aren’t like they used to be; but God can restore. 

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Restoration

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

 

 

Sermon

11/18/07

 

Sermon Series:

When God Shakes the Heavens

Sermon Title:

Making Things All Things Right

Text:

Isaiah 6:5; 17-25

Main Point

God will one day remove evil in this world.  God will fix all things.    

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

God’s Eternal Kingdom

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

 

Sermon

11/25/07

 

Sermon Series:

When God Shakes the Heavens

Sermon Title:

When God Gives Us A King

Text:

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Main Point

God had given us the King of Kings and Life will never be the same.    

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Jesus Christ

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

12/2/07

 

Sermon Series:

Getting Ready For Christmas

Sermon Title:

Don’t Be Caught Off Guard

Text:

Matthew 24:36-44

Main Point

When the Advent of Christ returns, will we be ready?    

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

2nd Coming of Christ / Advent

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

Advent Reading One

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

12/9/07

 

Sermon Series:

Getting Ready For Christmas

Sermon Title:

Getting Things Ready

Text:

Matthew 3:1-12

Main Point

John the Baptist got things ready for the coming of Christ.  We must be getting our lives and this world ready for when He returns.    

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

John the Baptist / Advent

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

Advent Reading Two

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

 

Sermon

12/16/07

 

Sermon Series:

Getting Ready For Christmas

Sermon Title:

The Gift He Has Given to Me

Text:

Luke 1:46-55

Main Point

Mary was grateful for what God did for her and she praised Him.  We must do the same.    

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Thankfulness/ Praise/ Advent

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

Advent Reading Three

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

12/23/07

 

Sermon Series:

Getting Ready For Christmas

Sermon Title:

The Gift is Given

Text:

Matthew 1:18-25

Main Point

Jesus Christ is the ultimate gift.  But what does He mean to us?   

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Jesus Christ/ Christmas

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

Advent Reading Four

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter

 

             

 

 

 

Sermon

12/30/07

 

Sermon Series:

Getting Ready For Christmas

Sermon Title:

Getting Past Christmas

Text:

Matthew 2:13-23

Main Point

Jesus Christ couldn’t hang around the manger to long.  Herod was out to get Him.  We can’t linger with a baby in a manger, we need a grown up Savior to face the grown up issues in our lives.    

Worship Service

 

Theme for Service:

Maturity/ Trials 

Psalm

 

Act of Praise

 

Visual/Media

 

Songs

Contemporary:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Hymn:

Special Music

Song Title

 

Singer

 

Special Occasions

 

Participants

 

Piano Player

 

Ushers

 

 

Acolytes

 

 

Greeter